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Cookie Policy for Eshop Site

Our Privacy Policy explains our principles when it comes to the collection, processing, and storage of your information. This policy specifically explains how we, our partners, and users of our services deploy cookies, as well as the options you have to control them.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small pieces of data, stored in text files, that are stored on your computer or other device when websites are loaded in a browser. They are widely used to “remember” you and your preferences, either for a single visit (through a “session cookie”) or for multiple repeat visits (using a “persistent cookie”). They ensure a consistent and efficient experience for visitors, and perform essential functions such as allowing users to register and remain logged in. Cookies may be set by the site that you are visiting (known as “first party cookies”), or by third parties, such as those who serve content or provide advertising or analytics services on the website (“third party cookies”). Both websites and HTML emails may also contain other tracking technologies such as “web beacons” or “pixels.” These are typically small transparent images that provide us with statistics, for similar purposes as cookies. They are often used in conjunction with cookies, though they are not stored on your computer in the same way. As a result, if you disable cookies, web beacons may still load, but their functionality will be restricted.

How we use cookies

We use cookies for a number of different purposes. Some cookies are necessary for technical reasons; some enable a personalized experience for both visitors and registered users; and some allow the display of advertising from selected third party networks. Some of these cookies may be set when a page is loaded, or when a visitor takes a particular action (clicking the “like” or “follow” button on a post, for example). Many of the cookies we use are only set if you are a registered AimGlobalProducts.com user (so you don’t have to log in every time, for example), while others are set whenever you visit one of our websites, irrespective of whether you have an account. For more information on the choices you have about the cookies we use, please see the Controlling Cookies section below.

Where we place cookies

We set cookies in a number of different locations across our services. These include:
  • On our websites (including our eshop site, ecourse site and articles/blog site within AimGlobaProducts.com).
  • In the administrative dashboards of our websites


User Sites

In addition to the cookies set on our own sites, we utilize cookies for our Site Stats feature. This tallies the unique numbers of visitors to a site, as well as the number from specific geographic locations. A visitor is counted when we see a user or browser for the first time in a given period.


Examples

Below are examples of the cookies set by AimGlobalProducts.com, with explanations of their purpose. Some of these cookies are set across our whole network, whereas some are specific to individual services (e.g. eshop site, articles/blog site and ecourse site). Please note that this is not an exhaustive list, but rather aims to be representative. Information about cookies that may be set by third parties, such as our ads partners, is below. In addition, people and companies that use our services to publish or host their own sites may place additional cookies. We provide more information on these cookies below.

Advertising

Cookie Purpose
wordpress_eli Reduces the display of ads for repeat visitors.
lr_nw Counts and tracks pageviews on Longreads.com. Used to determine whether or not to show our Membership popup message.
ads Tracks if a visitor has clicked an ad before.


Please also see the section below on third party advertisements that you may see on our sites.

Analytics and Performance

Cookie Purpose
utma / utmb / utmc / utmt / utmz / ga / gat / gid Google Analytics. Gathers information that helps us understand how visitors interact with our websites, which allow us to create a better experience for our visitors. Our users may also implement Google Analytics on their own websites.
wp-affiliate-tracker / tracking Remembers the ID of the affiliate that referred the current user to AimGlobalProducts.com
tk_ni / tk_ai / tk_qs Gathers information for our own, first party analytics tool about how our services are used. A collection of internal metrics for user activity, used to improve user experience.
nux_flow_name Identifies which user signup flow was shown to the user.
ab Used for “AB testing” of new features.
__pdvt Used in log of Polldaddy survey data to aid in debugging customer problems


Functionality

Cookie Purpose
wp_sharing_{id} Tracks whether or not a user has already performed an action.
wp-settings-{user_id} Persists a user’s wp-admin configuration.
wordpress_logged_in* Checks whether or not the current visitor is a logged in AimGlobalProducts.com user.
PD_USER_AUTH Login cookie used to identify Polldaddy user.
pd_dashboard Records last used folder in Polldaddy dashboard so it can be reopened upon user’s next visit.
landingpage_currency Defines the currency displayed in AimGlobalProducts.com eshop pages.
botdlang Used to track the language a user has selected to view popular blogs in.
akm_mobile Stores whether a user has chosen to view the mobile version of a website.
_longreads_prod_new Authentication for Longreads.com Member accounts. Only active when logged in, on *.longreads.com domains.


Security

Cookie Purpose
csrftoken Python/Ajax security cookie used on accounts.longreads.com.


Strictly Necessary

Cookie Purpose
wordpress_test_cookie Checks if cookies are enabled to provide appropriate user experience.
twostep_auth Set when the user is logged in using two factor authentication.
sensitive_pixel_option Remembers the state of visitor acceptance to the cookie banner. Only set when the visitor clicks Accept.
country_code Used in order to determine whether or not the cookie banner should be shown. Set immediately on page load and retained for 6 hours to remember the visitor’s country.


Advertisements from Third Parties Through AimGlobalPorducts.com Ads Program

AimGlobalProducts.com show ads on some of our affiliate’s sites. Our users may also choose to place ads on their site through our affiliate program. Additionally, we also show ads from our ads program on some of our own site pages. We operate our affiliate program in partnership with third party vendors or participants of our affiliate program. As part of the operation of our ads program, we use cookies to collect certain information. Advertising cookies enable us and our partners to serve ads and to personalize those ads based on information like visits to our sites and other sites on the Internet. Below is a representative list of our advertising program partners, along with information on the cookies that that each partner sets. The partners we work with change from time to time, and this is not an exhaustive list. Your choices to control cookies related to our ads program are described below.

Partner Cookie Info
Google (AdSense, DoubleClick Ad Exchange “AdX”) https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=footer_iba?ie=UTF8&nodeId=201909150


Mobile Theme

Cookie Purpose
akm_mobile Remembers whether or not a user wishes to view the mobile version of a site.


Subscriptions

Cookie Purpose
jetpack_blog_subscribe_{HASH} Remembers the state of the post and comment subscription checkboxes.
jetpack_comments_subscribe_{HASH} Remembers the state of the post and comment subscription checkboxes.

Controlling Cookies

Visitors may wish to restrict the use of cookies or completely prevent them from being set. Most browsers provide for ways to control cookie behavior such as the length of time they are stored – either through built-in functionality or by utilizing third party plugins. If you disable cookies, please be aware that some of the features of our service may not function correctly. To find out more on how to manage and delete cookies, visit aboutcookies.org. For more details on your choices regarding use of your web browsing activity for interest-based advertising visit youronlinechoices.eu (EU based) or optout.aboutads.info (US based). On a mobile device, you may also be to adjust your settings to limit ad tracking. You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing Google’s opt-out browser add-on.


Our Internal Analytics Tool

In order to better understand how our services are used, we monitor certain user activities that take place within our products, including page views and clicks on any links used when managing a site via our dashboards. We call each one of these actions an “event.” Analytics events are attached to your AimGlobalProducts.com account and are handled via a first party system that we own and maintain. In general, we record the following data for each event: IP address, AimGlobalProducts.com user ID and username, user agent, referring URL, timestamp of event, browser language, and country code. We use this information to improve our products, make our marketing to you more relevant, personalize your experience, and for the other purposes described in our Privacy Policy. You may opt out of our analytics program through your user settings. By doing so, you won’t share information with our analytics tool about events or actions that happen after the opt-out, while logged in to your AimGlobalProducts.com account. Note that opting out does not disable the functionality of the actions we track – for example, if you publish a post, we will still have record of that (don’t worry!), but for an event or action after you opt out, we will not have other data associated with that action or event in the analytics tool.


Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies, you can find the most relevant contact details in our Privacy Policy.